# 2005–06 Ligue 1

Olympique Lyonnais won Ligue 1 season 2005–06 of the French Association Football League with 84 points.

## Participating teams

* Ajaccio
* Auxerre
* Bordeaux
* Le Mans
* Lens
* Lille
* Lyon
* Marseille
* Metz
* Monaco
* Nancy
* Nantes
* Nice
* Paris Saint-Germain
* Rennes
* Saint-Étienne
* Sochaux
* Strasbourg
* Toulouse
* Troyes

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsors (front) | Shirt sponsors (back) | Shirt sponsors (sleeve) | Shorts sponsors |
| Ajaccio | José Pasqualetti | Legea | Géant Casino, Collectivité Territoriale de Corse/Conseil Général de la Corse du Sud | Conseil Général de la Corse du Sud | Collectivité Territoriale de Corse | None |
| Auxerre | Jacques Santini | Uhlsport | PlayStation, PlayStation Portable | None | None | None |
| Bordeaux | Ricardo Gomes | Puma | Motorola/Motorola SLVR L7 | Cdiscount | EUROP-LOT | Cdiscount |
| Le Mans | Frédéric Hantz | Kappa | Le Gaulois (H)/Fermiers de Loué (A), NTN | muc72.fr/NTN | None | Quick |
| Lens | Francis Gillot | Nike | Orange | Orange | None | None |
| Lille | Claude Puel | Kipsta | Partouche Casino | Partouche Casino | None | None |
| Lyon | Gérard Houllier | Umbro | Renault Trucks (H)/LG Mobile (A), Apicil, Renault Trucks | Renault Trucks | Fertiligène | ISS |
| Marseille | Jean Fernandez | Adidas | Neuf | VK Mobile | Internity | Quick |
| Metz | Joël Müller | Kappa | Arcelor (H)/Sollac (A), Moselle | None | Cora | BigBen Interactive |
| Monaco | Francesco Guidolin | Puma | Fedcom, HSBC | Superfund | HSBC | None |
| Nancy | Pablo Correa | Baliston | Odalys Vacances, Geodis Calberson, Vittel, Grand Nancy | None | Regina | TUI |
| Nantes | Serge Le Dizet | Airness | Synergie Interim | Synergie Interim | None | None |
| Nice | Frédéric Antonetti | Puma | Rica Lewis (H)/Gorenje (A), RMC | Gorenje (H)/Rica Lewis (A) | Pizzorno Environnement | Pizzorno Environnement |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Guy Lacombe | Nike | Thomson | None | PSG.fr | None |
| Rennes | László Bölöni | Airness | Airness, Samsic Propreté, rennes.fr | Fiat Utilitaires | Association ELA | staderennais.com |
| Saint-Étienne | Élie Baup | Adidas | Konica Minolta, Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-Alpes | Vocalcom | None | Loire |
| Sochaux | Dominique Bijotat | Lotto | Esso, Franche-Comté | Loxam | Megnin Bernard | Adia Job Store |
| Strasbourg | Jacky Duguépéroux | Adidas | Steelcase (H)/Afflelou (A and in UEFA matches), Strasbourg | Afflelou (H) | None | None |
| Toulouse | Erick Mombaerts | Lotto | Nicopatch, Monné-Decroix, Eaux d'Alet | Creditec | None | ISS |
| Troyes | Jean-Marc Furlan | Baliston | Baguépi (H)/Groupe Nasuba (A), Samro, CLCT Studio | Groupe Nasuba (H)/Baguépi (A) | None | LCR |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lyon (C) | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lille | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lens | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 60 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 6 | Auxerre | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 59 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | Rennes | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 59 | |
| 8 | Nice | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 58 | |
| 9 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 10 | Monaco | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 52 | |
| 11 | Le Mans | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 52 | |
| 12 | Nancy | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 13 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 47 | |
| 14 | Nantes | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 45 | |
| 15 | Sochaux | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 44 | |
| 16 | Toulouse | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 41 | |
| 17 | Troyes | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 39 | |
| 18 | Ajaccio (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 33 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 19 | Strasbourg (R) | 38 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 29 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 20 | Metz (R) | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 59 | −33 | 29 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
* ↑ Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de France.
* ↑ Nancy was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de la Ligue.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | AUX | BOR | MFC | RCL | LIL | OL | OM | MET | ASM | NAL | NAN | NIC | PSG | REN | STE | SOC | STR | TFC | TRO |
| Ajaccio | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Auxerre | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Bordeaux | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Le Mans | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Lens | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Lille | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Lyon | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Marseille | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Metz | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 |
| Monaco | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Nancy | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Nantes | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Nice | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Paris SG | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Rennes | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Sochaux | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Strasbourg | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–4 | 2–0 |
| Toulouse | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| Troyes | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Pauleta | Paris Saint-Germain | 21 |
| 2 | Fred | Lyon | 14 |
| 2 | Peter Odemwingie | Lille | 14 |
| 4 | Daniel Cousin | Lens | 13 |
| 5 | Luigi Pieroni | Auxerre | 12 |
| 5 | Sylvain Wiltord | Lyon | 12 |
| 7 | John Utaka | Rennes | 11 |
| 8 | Péguy Luyindula | Auxerre | 10 |
| 8 | Mamadou Niang | Marseille | 10 |
| 8 | Mickaël Pagis | Marseille (6)Strasbourg (4) | 10 |
| 8 | Mamadou Diallo | Nantes | 10 |
| 8 | Ilan | Sochaux | 10 |
| 8 | Javier Chevantón | Monaco | 10 |
| 8 | Daniel Moreira | Toulouse | 10 |

## Player of the Month

| Month | Player |
| August | Jérôme Leroy (Lens) |
| September | Grégory Coupet (Lyon) |
| October | Franck Ribéry (Marseille) |
| November | Franck Ribéry (Marseille) |
| December | Mamadou Niang (Marseille) |
| January | Daisuke Matsui (Le Mans) |
| February | John Utaka (Rennes) |
| March | Yoann Gourcuff (Rennes) |
| April | Franck Ribéry (Marseille) |